0 comments by Billy Koehler on 4/6/2010
On Tuesday, the NCAA denied USC Gamecocks forward Dominique Archie’s request for a sixth year of eligibility. The denial ends the career of the forward from Augusta. Archie and Coach Darrin Horn had stated publicly that they thought their request was a toss-up. Initially it was expected that the appeal would revolve around whether Archie […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 4/5/2010
The Yardcocks won 2 out of 3 against Mississippi State at home by scores of 10-2, 7-8 and 14-2. Breaking it down…Senior Blake Cooper recorded the win on Friday night by pitching 8 1/3 innings and only allowing 2 runs. Cooper struck out 7 and allowed 6 hits on the way to his (and the […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 3/29/2010
South Carolina traveled to the Plains to play Auburn. The Gamecocks won the series 2 games to 1 by scores of 11-5, 2-0 and 6-10. Breaking it down…Like last weekend’s series sweep, the story this weekend revolved around pitching. On Friday night Blake Cooper went 7 innings giving up 4 runs and striking out 5. […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 3/22/2010
South Carolina hosted Tennessee at Carolina Stadium over the weekend. The Gamecocks broke out the brooms and swept Tennessee by scores of 4-2, 10-7 and 4-0. Breaking it down…The story of the weekend was the Gamecocks pitchers. On Friday Blake Cooper pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed 2 runs. Those runs came in the 7th, […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/28/2010
South Carolina traveled to Greenville, NC to play East Carolina. They lost the series two games to one by scores of 6-2, 3-4, and 2-4. Breaking it down…Friday began with a strong outing from senior pitcher Blake Cooper who pitched 7 innings giving up only 2 runs. The offense was paced by Adam Matthews […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/25/2010
South Carolina First Baseman Nick Ebert has been cleared to play by the NCAA. 107.5 The Game reported earlier this afternoon that Ebert has been cleared and will make the trip with the team to Greenville to face East Carolina. Ebert, a senior, was a second-team All-SEC performer last season with 23 HR and 72 […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/12/2010
The NCAA Rules Committee, who apparently hates football the way it is and is committed to making it worse every year, has yet another wonderful addition to the game we love. (HT to Senator Blutarsky for commenting on this early this morning.) In order to allow officials’ imperfect, snap judgments to more fully impact the […]
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By beating Florida on Wednesday, the Gamecocks have put themselves back in position to make a run at the NCAA tournament. For more on the game itself, see Flounder’s post here. Going into the game, no bracketologist had USC dancing. Had they lost last night, they would have been all but eliminated. Now they are […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/5/2010
Flounder recapped the Gamecocks’ recruiting class – Here. But I wanted to dive down a bit deeper. Below is a map showing where the recruits will be coming to Columbia from, this is the breakdown… –South Carolina: 7 –Georgia: 6 –Florida: 5 –North Carolina: 3 –Kansas: 2 No real surprises here. More […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 2/2/2010
How big were last week’s wins against Kentucky and Georgia? Or rather how big was the win against Kentucky and not blowing the momentum against Georgia? Well, some prognosticators now think the Gamecocks are going to the Big Dance. Warren Nolan is the most optimistic about USC’s post season destination: he has the Gamecocks playing […]
